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Well I know a lot of them and some of them used to be mods!

After reading Too Darn Soulful, I simply got the feeling that Nowell simply wasn't interested in the post-Wigan era since it had no personal relevance to him. Probably a bit too slow and too much R'n'B as well. Much preferred the book 'The In-Crowd' anyway...

Ah! Of course, you are correct. Bugger, getting confused with the fact that it was the first time I'd seen mention of Len Barry's version on the sleeve notes. Back to sleep.

This track first appeared for widespread consumption on the RCA compilation 'Jumping at the Go-Go' in the 70s, which was one of the best NS compilations around prior to the appearance of the Kent LPs.

Percy Sledge's 'When a man loves a woman' has a terrible backing. When Sledge heard it, he insisted it had to be re-recorded - only for the first verson to be released (and become the first 'deep soul' number one record).

And Dr Strangelove..."Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!"

Bought various items in Oxfam and the like if they had US labels or otherwise looked interesting and they all, without exception, were total junk! C+W, folk, etc. Bought a record in a charity shop by a group called the Emotional Upsets because its title was 'Maintain Your Cool'. Was it the same as the Volumes track? Nope! Oh, well one day...

Do I Love You is certainly up there, especially since it's remained ultra rare despite rumours of THOUSANDS being found in the same warehouse that the Lost Ark was stored in. My candidate would be 'You Didn't Say a Word' - incredible record!

And don't forget to tell your mate to 'splash it all over' with Brut...

Depends who it is doesn't it? I was very impressed with Lorraine Chandler, Popcorn Wylie and Eddie Holman when I saw them but other acts less so... Events like Hemsby where they try to get people from a diminishing roster of 50s acts at least demonstrate that if you do want to see original performers you better hurry up 'cos they won't be around too much longer.

Hendrix didn't come to the UK 'til 1967 so it wouldn't have been 'early sixties'. As far as i am aware there were 'nighters at the Flamingo Club from '62 onwards and there were 50s jazz events ('raves' as they were called!) that were all nighters too.

Jackie Edwards and the Chants for sure. Busty Springfield stuff - What's it Gonna be?, Dusty in Memphis. A lot of 'beat' groups released quite acceptable soul-type material - the Action, Spencer Davies Group or the Small Faces, fr'instance . A lot of UK soul is a bit 'chicken in a basket' for my tastes. And don't forget Soft Cell!!

And what about 'Hey Sha Lo Ney' by Mickey Lee Lane one wonders?

Ha! Classic! I always enjoyed Morecambe because they had that Beer Keller place where pissed-up scooter types would be serenaded by an accordion player doing his versions of various soul and reggae favourites. At least when he wasn't being interrupted every 5 mins by drunken idiots making 'announcements' like: "Ah, feggit. Feggin' scoo'er boyz, ya fugger. Fug-it!" Etc...

'6ts newies'?? I thought that phrase went out of date in 1986??

Yeh - if you're into what sounds like a couple of OAPs at a karaoke...

Penny Gold Love on a Mountain Top On the Brink Peanut Duck I'll Hold You all awful...yet strangely compelling

Why not have a good old fashioned tantrum instead - "You F***ers should have your legs chopped off if you're not gonna dance to this!!" And then play 'The Snake'!

Big deal! I once played football with Depeche Mode then two weeks later against Chris Evans, also I went to school with John Leslie. Actually, on reflection none of this is anything to brag about!

All e-bayers should be extra wary of 'phishing' e-mails supposedly coming from them or PayPal warning about alarming situations like someone jacking into your account or similar. They're trying to get your account information so just ignore them! Always ask Ebay or PayPal to confirm they sent you the message.

Wanking over your records? Will that work better than this stuff? /index.php?showtopic=15000

'Tested by Caterpillar and the Ford Motor Company'??? How? "Excuse me sir, I represent the Caterpillar company. May we drive back and forth over some of your irreplaceable 45s to check the durability of this fine product?"

I assume that this a review of Pete Shapiro's new book on the history of disco where he does indeed go into a fair amount of depth about Motown's influence on disco (the Temptations particularly) and - a bit more clutching at straws here - Northern's influence (particularly that of Ian Levine who appears throughout the book). Pointing out the importance of places like Blackpool Mecca or Wigan in the 70s are fine but what influence did this have on what was basically New York gay/black/hispanic nightlife? - not much! Still it's a good book on the subject. I rated it 8/10.

It's just lazy journalism. I personally always refer to JB as the 'The Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk' Much more catchy.

There's a good new book on the history of disco (yes, I read a book about disco...)by Pete Shapiro called 'Turn that beat around' with an interesting look at the Northern scene's comparisons with the disco scene. A jolly good read!